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“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” - Anna Carenina

#37 The Star: A New Year's guide - Be Frank with God

Understanding Advent

#35 Truth, What's the Truth? - Be Frank with God

#34 Life is not Fair - Be Frank with God

#33 It's Wonderful to be Here - Be Frank with God

Fight against that weakness which makes you lazy and careless in your spiritual life. Remember that it might well be the beginning of lukewarmness... and, in the words of the Scripture, God will vomit the lukewarm out of his mouth. - The Way, Chapter 14, 325

#31 The Feast of St. Josemaria Escriva - Be Frank with God

In April 1934, Saint Josemaria composed a prayer to the Holy Spirit that he prayed frequently and encouraged others to pray. Come, O Holy Spirit! Enlighten my mind to know your commands; strengthen my heart against the snares of the enemy; inflame my will… I have heard your voice, and I don’t want to harden myself and resist, saying “Later…, tomorrow.” Nunc coepi! Now I begin! In case there is no...

I want to share a miracle that Our Lady of Torreciudad has worked in my life. It’s one of those miracles that Saint Josemaría used to say often go unnoticed — because they’re something intimate, something that happens quietly between a person and the Virgin. I want to spend the rest of my life giving thanks. And one way to do that is by telling my story. What the Our Lady has done for me is so gre...

In this podcast, we reflect on the virtue of fortitude as the motivation to overcome temptation. St. Josemaria Escriva tells us that “a task which presents no difficulties lacks human appeal – and supernatural appeal too. If you find no resistance when hammering a nail into a wall, what can you expect to hang on it?” (The Forge, no. 245). In order to win the prize, you cannot dodge the fight that...

#27 Walking with Jesus during his Passion - Part 2 - Be Frank with God

Walking with Jesus during his Passion - Be Frank with God

#25 Beatitudes - The Face of Jesus - Be Frank with God

“Lent should suggest to us these basic questions: Am I advancing in my faithfulness to Christ, in my desire for holiness, in a generous apostolate in my daily life, in my ordinary work among my colleagues? Each one of us, silently, should answer these questions, and we will see that we need to change again if Christ is to live in us, if Jesus’ image is to be reflected clearly in our behaviour.” (...

God wants us to cooperate with him in this task which he is carrying out in the world. He takes a risk with our freedom. I am deeply moved by the Jesus born in Bethlehem: a defenceless, powerless child, incapable of offering any resistance. God gives himself up to men; he comes close to us, down to our level. As St. Paul says: ”Though he was in the form of God, he did not count equality with God a...

Every time Christmas comes around, I love to look at representations of the child Jesus. Statues and pictures which show a God who lowered himself remind me that God is calling us. The Almighty wants us to know that he is defenseless, that he needs men's help. From the cradle at Bethlehem, Christ tells you and me that he needs us. He urges us to live a christian life to the full — a life of self‑s...

#21 Heaven - Our final destination - Be Frank with God

Purgatory is a manifestation of God's mercy who wishes for us the best in heaven. Purgatory shows God's great mercy and washes away the defects of those who long to become one with Him (Furrow, 889). The holy souls in purgatory. Out of charity, out of justice, and out of excusable selfishness—they have such power with God!—remember them often in your sacrifices and in your prayers. May you be able...

Have you heard how sadly the worldly-minded lament that “Each day that passes is to die a little”? Well, I say to you: rejoice, apostolic soul, because each day that passes brings you closer to Life. The Way 737

Looking at Life through Jesus' Eyes

One of the traits of a mature personality is the ability to combine intense activity with order and interior peace. Achieving this equilibrium requires real effort. Saint Josemaria once told someone who mentioned the difficulties his work presented for looking after his own formation: “I would like to see you inside this cassock! I also have to do multi-tasking. On top of this disorder we have to...

The humility of Jesus: in Bethlehem, in Nazareth, on Calvary. But more humiliation and more self-abasement still in the Sacred Host: more than in the stable, more than in Nazareth, more than on the Cross. That is why I must love the Mass so much ('Our' Mass, Jesus...) (The Way, 533)

“I have always taught you, my beloved daughters and sons, that the root and the center of your spiritual life is the Holy Sacrifice of the Altar.” Saint Josemaría Escrivá’s words and writings constantly pointed to the Eucharist as the center and root of Christian life. A man who fails to love the Mass fails to love Christ. We must make an effort to 'live' the Mass with calm and serenity, with devo...

Points on Examination of Conscience from The Way by St. Josemaría Escrivá 235 Examination of conscience: a daily task. Book-keeping is never neglected by anyone in business. And is there any business worth more than the business of eternal life? 236 At the time of examination beware of the devil that ties your tongue. 237 Examine yourself: slowly, courageously. Is it not true that your bad humour...